land

Enhancing and utilising landscape heterogeneity to meet multiple land use objectives

The broad aim of the project was to provide land managers with information that will encourage them to further value, protect and enhance vegetation diversity by demonstrating the practical benefits that can be derived from this natural asset in Australian rangelands. Vegetation diversity and local climate influences combine to produce differences between regions in the patterns of plant growth from year to year, such that the timing of droughts and favourable years can vary between regions. We set out (more)...

Developing institutional arrangements of Indigenous participation in the National Water Initiative

This Final Milestone Report and attached fact sheets have been prepared by the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA) for endorsement by Land & Water Australia (LWA).

Kantri is for Laif – Cultural Museum or National Asset

The project devised and documented ‘a strategy for the conservation and application of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) across northern Australia.’ The strategy is based on the findings that there had been limited consultation with interested Indigenous groups; undervaluing of IK contributions to land and sea management; a lack of coordinated effort to provide long term and appropriate investment in IK, a rapid loss of language (more)...

Facilitating Strategic Engagement between Land and Water Australia, the Natural Resource Management Sector and the Agribusiness Sector

How much water does a woodland or plantation use: a review of some measurement methods

Determining the water balance of a landscape is important to sustainable management of water, vegetation and land resources. Water flow through vegetation is the principle pathway for the discharge of water from Australian landscapes. The rate of this discharge is determined by solar radiation, leaf area index, vapour pressure deficit and soil moisture content. Tree transpiration from plantations and native woodlands and forests is an important determinant of the water balance of much of the (more)...

Alternative Landscape Futures

Alternative Landscape Futures (ALF) analysis is a long-term, large area, land and environment assessment approach for assisting communities and policy makers make decisions about planning the future of that area. It provides a spatially explicit, regional scale perspective on the combined effects of the multiple policies, plans, population and land use pressures affecting the availability of natural resources and ecosystem services for a geographic area. The (more)...

Final Report 9 – Scenario implications for land use planning

The Irrigation Futures scenarios highlight that the future for agriculture is highly uncertain. Market preferences, competition and access, government policy, water availability, technology will all change and potentially place significant pressure on the viability of agricultural businesses. To stay competitive in a global market place, agriculture will need to be increasingly flexible and adaptable. One element that will support the development of flexibility and adaptability in agriculture is (more)...

Final Report 7 – Project plans

Irrigation Futures of the Goulburn Broken Catchment The Goulburn Broken Catchment is known as the food bowl of Australia. It covers 2.4 million hectares and has a population of around 200,000 people (Department of Sustainability and Environment, 2005). Irrigated agriculture is a major business engine in the Goulburn Broken region, producing more than $1.2 billion at the farm gate in 2001-2002 from about 280,000 hectares of irrigated agricultural land. Investment in on-farm and processing (more)...

Final Report 6 – Scenario planning for individuals and businesses

Irrigation Futures of the Goulburn Broken Catchment The Goulburn Broken Catchment is known as the food bowl of Australia. It covers 2.4 million hectares and has a population of around 200,000 people (Department of Sustainability and Environment 2005). Irrigated agriculture is a major business engine in the Goulburn Broken region, producing more than $1.2 billion at the farm gate in 2001-2002 from about 280,000 hectares of irrigated agricultural land. Investment in on-farm and processing (more)...